Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1908
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PrintSecretary Charles Doolittle Walcott had received a condensed list of art objects in Mr. Charles Lang Freer's collection and calculated the value of his entire collection to be $873,398.90. He also asked Mr. Freer to consider transferring the funds now that were intended for the construction of the gallery to the Smithsonian to be used for maintaining the collection, if the Government would provide for the building.
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Board of Regents, Minutes, Volume 4 (Minute book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 15, 1908
Board of Regents
Number of pages: 4; Page Numbers: 91-94